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MINDSET SHIFT: EMPLOYEE TO ENTREPRENEUR

BY JAMES OH

Friday, January 25, 2013

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO MAKING THE ROAD SAFER FOR ALL MOTORISTS

Your
Complete Guide to Making the Road Safer for All Motorists

Every
day a person can hear sirens wailing in the distance or see an ambulance
careening down the highway in route to an accident. How many of those accidents
could be avoided and injuries or even deaths could be prevented if each driver
was as attentive to their driving on the road as they would be walking down the
street?

Don't Program Your GPS!

Whether a driver is young or old makes no
difference in the fact that distraction can kill. Having two eyes on the road,
two ears actively listening to sounds and two hands engaged in controlling a
metal object weighing hundreds of pounds can increase the ability of a driver
to arrive safely at their destination. Many times when we drive out of town and
don't know where we are going, we simply think it's fine to glance at our GPS
to program it to tell us where to go. It won't take but a second or two, right?

But if we slam into the car in front of us or
miss that sharp turn we don't know is upcoming because we are driving in
unfamiliar territory and not paying attention, it won't matter what the GPS
says as we may never get there. If you were similarly walking in a mall, you
wouldn't look at your GPS and never look up to see if you were going to walk
into a nearby post or another shopper. You'd stop what you were doing, stand
still in front of a directory and figure out where you were and where you
wanted to go. Drive like you walk. Carefully and paying attention to what is in
front of you or where you want to go.

Turn Signals

Cars today have many outstanding new and
improved features which allow ease and comfort of driving. One very simple
feature, which allows safety, has not changed much over the years however,
except for the fact it seems to be used less and less. Turn signals are such a
simple, tried and true feature that are courteous and safe way to allow
everyone around us to know our intentions. One tiny little flick can be the
difference between life and death. Larry Hosler, an Op Ed writer for the
"Bakersfield Californian" sums it up well: "I was saddened
recently to read about the young man killed on a motorcycle while passing a SUV
starting to make a left-hand turn ("Motorcycle crash kills man,"
March 11). My very first thought: Did the driver of the SUV use a turn signal
before starting the turn?" Many times the answer is no. We cannot tell
each other what we intend when huddled inside of our cars. And when we make a
sudden turn and crash into someone, we can't simply say "oh sorry"
like if we bumped into them walking down the street. When the person is killed
by our negligence, "sorry" will hold no water. If we are dead along
with them in the wreck we caused, then we won't even be able to say that.

Don't Eat While Driving

Everyone has done it. Grab a cheeseburger from
the drive through at your favorite fast food restaurant since you are running
late and then stuff it down your throat all while driving 65 mph down the
freeway. No harm, no foul, right? If you spill a little mustard on your shirt,
it will be okay. But what if what gets spilled is more than mustard? What if
the burger falls apart mid-bite and you are scrambling to not let it fall on
yourself, you look down from the road to try to save the meal, suddenly your
hand is off the wheel holding the food, now your eyes are off the road because
of it as well and BAM. You just caused an accident. Now imagine that in that
accident you killed a child's favorite pet dog who darted into the street and
you didn't see it. Or you hit a child on a bike since your car veered suddenly
to the side and now that child is in a wheelchair for life? Dramatic, possibly,
but absolutely realities that can occur anytime you are not 100% vested in
driving that car with all your senses and faculties intact.

Just pull over into the parking lot of the fast
food drive through for an extra couple of minutes to wolf down that food and
then be on your way. You may never know of the life you saved by doing this,
but at least you won't have to live with the memory of the one you took if you
don't. Overall, the best advice is always to err on the side of caution when
driving. Handling a car is something we all do so often that it is easy to
forget how much responsibilities lies in our hands until many times it is just
too late.

Author Pam Johnson is
a nurse and therefore sees lots of victims of motor vehicle accidents. She
urges caution to all motorists. She also enjoys blogging and is a contributing
writer for accelerated bsn programs online

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